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Chapter 8: Countdown to Abolition

Ok. New chapter. Took a lot longer than I expected, and honestly I shouldn't be uploading this now with all the work I've got, but whatever. I don't give a damn.

Fifteen pages, by the way. A new single-chapter record, for any of my Fanfics. Even my longest Pokemon one only made it to thirteen and a quarter.

Just one warning: don't jump to conclusions.

Oh, and I did an omake at the beginning. It's making fun of me making fun of Ant making fun of my summaries.

...did that last sentence confuse you? If so, good. If not, have a cookie.

...no, my cookies are not laced with hallucinogens meant to confuse you. How could you ever suggest such a thing? Didn't I just tell you not to jump to conclusions?!

*cough* ...anyway, just read and enjoy. Preferably before I continue making a fool of myself.

Spoiler:- Chapter 8: Countdown to Abolition:

'Narrator': Last time- Rouga beat the living hell out of Kai. The gruesome twosome and Rouga met and bargined. Kida and Rouga argued, Rouga got pissed and knocked out her and Kai. Seijuro's not dead, and Rouga talked with him. Then he left the Seireitei. The end.

Ant: That was a horrible summary, Rouga.

Rouga: Shut up Ant. My story, my crappy summary.

Arc: I second Ant's opinion.

Zam: Thirded.

Rouga: *eyetwitch* Does this look like a suggestion board to you?

Zam: Well-

Rouga: No! The answer is no, smartass!

Kida: *appears sitting in the windowsill* Face it Rouga, that summary sucked. No description, incomplete sentences, and even a punctuation error. Not to mention that anything could have happened to cause all of that as far as we know. Your last chapter wasn't exactly posted yesterday, you know.

Hayashi: *lying on the floor under the window* *raises hand lazily* I got a mention as comic relief, shouldn't you at least make a note of that?

Rouga: *raincloud forms over head* Are my summaries really that bad?

Everyone: YES.

Rouga: *crying anime tears* Fine... *sob, sob, sob* I'll just go cry in the corner. Seijuro, you do the stupid summary. *sits in corner painted all black with a plaque over it stating 'Emo Corner'*

Seijuro: *floats through the floor* Oh yeah, sure, make the disembodied and supposedly dead guy do all the work, Rouga. I see how it is.

Rouga: ...*brooding*

Seijuro: *clears throat*

Previously on Hunting Death Itself...Rouga trained Kai in the use of his Bankai, giving him a thorough beating in the process. Afterwards, the pair retired to the Squad 6 Barracks and had a disucssion with Squad 6 Captain Senshuken. After a rather amusing reference to Hayashi, Rouga sensed an flare of Fenrir dominance power from a pair of Gintakai's wolves, the twins Yazuu and Rozuu, and discreetly left the company of his fellow officers in order to meet with them. In an exchange of offers, Rouga garnered reinforcements for the Seireitei in their upcoming war in exchange for information on the legendary Fenrir Ultima. After Rouga intimidated the pair and drove them off, Kida showed herself, demanding answers from Rouga. This quickly devolved into an venomous argument, which culminated in Rouga's wolf forcing an integration to forcefully hold him back from killing Kida. In the end, Rouga declared that he would leave the Seireitei, and knocked Kida out with a sucker punch. When Kai came to investigate, Rouga handed off his Captain's cloak, telling Kai that he would be Captain now before knocking him unconcious as well. Later, Rouga put on his old Fenrir battle armor and made preparations to leave. In a surprising twist, former Squad 7 Captain Seijuro Arashi was revealed to have survived his spirit body's destruction through unknown means, though he was now little more than an incorporeal shade of his former self. He and Rouga spoke over the legend of the Fenrir Ultima's return, revealing that many of their allies currently played a central role in the myth. Rouga's doubt was overcome with Seijuro's guidance, and the two parted ways. Now, the clock is winding down to the war with the Jäger, as only thirty-six hours remain for the Shinigami and Fenrir who chose to defend the Seireitei...

*huffs* Was that good enough?

Kida: Eh, could've been better.

Arc: Who is Gintakai again? I forgot.

Senshuken: You should have revealed which allies were involved in the myth...

Hayashi: Come on, no mention of what the actual joke was? That was funny, you've got to admit it.

Ant: You started to put less description into your explanations towards the end, Seijuro. You need to improve that.

Seijuro: *sighs* This is going to be a very long day...
_______________

“Alright, I’ll keep this short, seeing as we’ve got a lot less time than originally planned. I’m sure everyone knows by now of Rouga’s betrayal last night,” Golde stated at the front of the Captain’s Meeting Room, his voice and eyes harder than steel. “He was conspiring with agents of someone he confirmed to be an enemy of the Seireitei, assaulted a fellow Captain and his own Lieutenant, and abandoned us with the kickoff for war less than 36 hours away. He is… our enemy.”

Not one single Captain dared to contradict him, not that many would. Most even agreed with him.

“Unfortunately for us, his actions have left us in a very precarious position,” he continued, pinning each person in the room with his gaze. “We have been forced to change our plans. They center around five matchups; our five most suitable Captains versus the Innen Kreis. We have determined the following matchups, and Aielpy will be handing out their information after the meeting.”

“Kida,” he stated, causing the blonde Captain to perk up from her unusually subdued musings. “You will face Gurim Königswald. He is a master Kidou breaker and a powerful shot with the bow. You are our most experienced Captain, and this gives you a better chance at outmaneuvering him than anyone else.” Kida simply nodded, then resumed staring at the floor.

“Senshuken, you will face Noctal Himmeler. You’ve faced him before, so you have a reasonable idea of what to expect.” Senshuken nodded, no hesitation whatsoever in the movement.

“Kai, you will face Randulf von Heidelberg. He controls and creates beings of shadow. Since you have the most experience in facing his monsters, you’re the best suited to take him on.” Kai’s face remained stoic, but his posture revealed uncertainty as he inclined his head in agreement.

“Hayashi, wake up.”

“I’m awake, Golde. You know I can’t sleep standing up.”

“First time for everything.”

Hayashi scowled, his black bangs falling over his eyes. Golde simply ignored his expression and continued. “Your opponent will be Marianne Lindstrom. Her Vereinigung creates a gauntlet that she can summon powerful javelin-type weapons from. We determined that your speed and stamina would be instrumental in such combat, and your wind abilities allow you to deflect her attacks should she attempt to throw them.”

Hayashi shrugged, then stifled a yawn. “Fine with me.”

“And then you’ll fight Zeruda, Head Captain?” Senny asked.

Golde grimaced. “Unfortunately. Her Vereinigung is no problem for me, but her final form, Endgültige Vereinigung, is going to be an issue. Rouga didn’t know much about its abilities aside from how powerful and fast it makes her; she’ll be roughly on par with me and that doesn’t account for anything other than the power boost.”

“Wonderful,” Rotrum muttered. “What are the rest of us doing?”

“Arc and I will be in charge of the field hospital and the Command&Control center, respectively,” Ant stated tonelessly. “Jin will be in charge of the reserve force that will be guarding the Seireitei in our absence. Dauc will be assisting me with Command&Control.”

“And us?”

“You’re the heavy artillery,” Ant replied. “You, Zam, Senny, Dre, Niche, and Aozora will be causing as much damage as possible to the Jäger’s lines.”

“Mind telling me why the fuck we’re still working off of Rouga’s information?” Dre interjected darkly. “He’s a traitor; we can’t trust it.”

“This wasn’t a planned betrayal on his part,” Kida murmured. “His information was set up with the intent to be here for the fight.”

Dre snorted derisively. “That’s what he probably wants you to think. Seijuro was a genius and that bastard taught him everything he knew.”

Kida shook her head. “You don’t get it. I’m empathic, remember? Normally he’s immune to that, but I could sense how irrational his anger was making him.” She looked away, and for a bare instant, a flicker of some emotion -shame?- flitted across her face. “I guess that at a certain point he just can’t hide his emotions from me anymore.”

The Squad 5 Captain grunted. “Whatever. You knew him best, you make the call.”

“Everyone, take the information packet marked with your name at the door,” Golde ordered gruffly. “It’ll contain all the information on how to divide up your squad into platoons and the parts each of you will be playing in the battle, plus the overall strategy. Those of you fighting the Innen Kreis, stay behind for a full briefing.” He turned away. “Dismissed.”

***

Senny sighed heavily as he strode through the forest beneath Sokyoku Hill. He’d always come here when he needed an area for peace, but now it seemed like even his favored meditation spot wouldn’t be enough to calm him down.

The hairs on the back of his neck pricked just as he entered the nearby clearing and he immediately recognized why when he saw a familiar cloaked figure leaning against a tree trunk across from him. “Rouga,” he hissed, his hand flying to his Zanpaktou’s hilt.

Just as he was about to draw the blade a rush of black obscured his vision and Rouga’s hand jarred against the base of the hilt. “There’s no need for that, Senny,” he murmured. “I’m not here to fight, but to give you a warning that you need to pass on.”

“Save it,” the normally even-tempered Captain practically snarled at him, turning his head to meet Rouga’s piercing gaze. “You’re a traitor, and we can’t trust anything you say.”

“Wrong on both counts,” he said flatly. “If I was truly a traitor, I’d be working against you, and I’m not. You can still trust my information.”

“Right,” Senny replied sarcastically. “I trust you about as far as I can throw you-“

“Several dozen feet through the air and another twenty or so across the ground when you’re angry?” Rouga interjected with a slight smirk, much to Senny’s irritation.

“I’d like to think that my smartassery is appreciated in tense situations, but I guess that’s more Zameric’s thing,” Rouga replied smoothly before his expression hardened. “This isn’t the issue, though. You need to know this, and you need to pass it along to Kai.”

“So spit it out.”

Rouga took a deep breath and stepped back, giving Senny his space and removing his hand from Mugenyume’s hilt. “There is a traitor amongst the Shinigami’s ranks.”

“You mean besides you?”

“Even if I was a traitor, I wouldn’t be counted among the Shinigami’s ranks at this time, making your point moot,” Rouga replied bluntly. “If you put half as much effort into listening to what I’m telling you as you do with insulting me, you’d realize how big this problem is. Stop being a jackass and focus on making sure the Seireitei is prepared for the war in all possible ways. You’re making the same mistake that I did yesterday and letting your anger get the better of you.”

Senny glared at his former counterpart, but shook his head and took a few deep breaths to clear his mind. “Alright, but I’ll take everything with a grain of salt.” Rouga inclined the point by inclining his head, urging Senny to continue. “Who is it?”

“I don’t actually know,” Rouga replied, but hastily continued as Senny opened his mouth to interject. “However, I know for certain that they’re a member of Squad 7.”

Senny looked puzzled, but he quickly put the pieces together. “Let me guess… you smelled the emotional responses usually given off by a traitor?”

Rouga chuckled. “Exactly. Anger, resentment, anxiety, and anticipation, all in varying amounts, mingled together to indicate a single source. The fact that I never picked it up from a specific person and that I only detected such scents during group training sessions indicates that this person is both highly comfortable in a group setting and a member of Squad 7 and Squad 7 alone. They’re wary though; somehow they had disguised or diffused their scent so that I can’t link it directly to them.”

Senny crossed his arms, frowning thoughtfully. “If that’s the case, then they have to have some sort of grudge against the Soul Society or Shinigami in general as motivation, right?”

“Probably,” Rouga grunted. “I have a good idea who it is, but since I’m not sure I can’t act. If I’m wrong, it’ll just give the real traitor free reign. Kai needs to be told that one of his soldiers is an enemy.”

“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, eh?”

“No. Keep friends and enemies equally close because sometimes that line can be blurry or even nonexistent. If he’s on guard, it’ll just make ferreting out the turncoat that much easier.”

Senny nodded. “Ok, say I believe this. What are you going to do about it? I mean, it’s not like we can spare a Captain to go after them, or even a Lieutenant.”

“Don’t worry about it,” Rouga replied dismissively. “I’ve already told someone else, who will be ready to act when the time comes.”

“Kida was right,” Senny grumbled. “You are Mr. Secretive.”

“If the traitor is listening in, I’d rather not give him or her the chance to off the one who will deal with him.” Rouga shrugged. “It’s basic operational secrecy.”

Senny shook his head in exasperation. “Now I know why you annoy me so much; you always throw so much reasoning at things that it’s impossible to argue with you.”

“Story of my life,” a new voice grumbled from behind Rouga.

Senny perked up at the potential threat, but Rouga raised a forestalling hand. “Sorry about that, Senny. I was going to introduce these two later, but since my brother is so impatient…”

“Up yours, Rouga,” the voice stated again, its owner striding into the clearing with another person trailing behind him. “You were taking too long anyway.”

The two figures turned out to be a young man and a girl of about the same age, both wearing similar cloaks to Rouga despite different colors. The man had wild, feathery blond hair that put even Golde’s spikes to shame, and carried no less than six swords in a network of straps and buckles across his back. His eyes, build, and facial features matched Rouga’s so closely it was impossible for them not to be related to one another. His cloak and armor was a dark cobalt blue and was of a similar cut to Rouga’s. He stretched his neck, and Senny saw a line of golden fur extending down his back. Power literally oozed from every inch of the man; even Rouga didn’t have as much reiatsu as his brother and it showed.

On the other hand, the girl was extremely different from the other two. Her dark brown hair was long and fell past her shoulders, trailing across the dark red fabric of her cloak. She kept her eyes on the ground and when she raised her head slightly Senny noticed that they were a deep royal amethyst and were soft and gentle. Her weapon wasn’t immediately visible until she parted the folds of her cloak, exposing the green hilt of the sword at her waist. She was much smaller and meeker than the two males, but Senny could sense that she still concealed a great deal of strength behind her quiet nature.

“You seriously thought he wasn’t?” Kirio asked, laughing. “C’mon, you should know by now that every time Rouga gets emotional everybody flips shit or craps their pants, but he’d never really betray anyone.”

Rouga smacked Kirio upside the head without looking at him. “Let’s ignore the idiot for now,” he stated (to an indignant “hey!” from his brother). “Senny, take these two to meet the Head Captain. That’ll give them a chance to talk to Kida and you a chance to talk to Kai as well.”

All three people in the clearing turned and stared at Rouga. Kirio spoke first. “You’re not coming with us?”

“No.”

“Why not?”

“I have something else I need to do.”

Senny sighed. “Define ‘something else’, please.”

Rouga waved his hand as though warding off the request. “Don’t worry about it-“

“If you say ‘it’s none of your business’ or something then I will seriously stab you,” Senny groused, fighting a visible tic in his left eye. “I’ve been getting dragged through the proverbial mud every time you pull a new secret out of your ass and it’s really starting to get old.”

Rouga grimaced. “It’s complicated.”

“Could you be any more cliché, bro?”

“Shut up Kirio. Nobody asked you.”

Amara let out a very loud sigh. “Boys, enough,” she stated firmly. All three turned to look at her, Senny because he was wondering what she would say while Rouga and Kirio stared in shock at her giving an order. “Rouga, at least tell us what you’re doing, or give us some idea. Please, brother.”

He sighed and looked at the ground; outright denying a request from his little sister was something he was never able to do. “I’m… finding a way. A way to win. I’m… my will and my spirit aren’t strong enough. I have to find a way to… overcome myself. I can’t beat Zeruda as I am right now.”
Rouga’s face took on a slightly haunted look as he locked gazes with the Squad 8 Captain. “Senny… I have an extremely bad feeling about all of this. Something… doesn’t add up with this war. I don’t know what, but I’m sure… I’m positive that I’ve missed something huge. People are going to die. Our people.”

“What are you getting at?” Senny asked, for once not impatient with him at all.

“I… I-I can’t go back,” he admitted, his breath all coming out in a rush. “No matter how badly the Soul Society will need me, I can’t go back. Not until Gintakai is dead. Not until… until it’s safe.”

“So you’re running away again,” Senny stated coldly. Be damned the fact that Rouga had thrown him from the room the last time he’d said such a thing, he needed to say it.

“Yes, I am.”

Senny could only blink owlishly at the response. “Excuse me?”

“You’re right,” Rouga admitted. “I am running away. Because running away is preferable to letting others pay the price for my stubbornness. I refuse to do that. When it’s time to stand and fight, I will. Until then, I refuse to do something so stupid.”

“I know, but that doesn’t matter.” He turned, pulling up the hood on his cloak and walking away. “Fenrir or not, we’re Shinigami. Death is our life.” He vanished on the breeze, leaving a single leaf floating past when he’d been a moment earlier.

None of the three spoke, until Kirio broke the silence. “That’s it, he’s officially lost it,” he muttered, shaking his head.

“Much as I hate to admit it, I agree.” Senny grimaced at the thought of explaining all of this to Golde. Hey, Head Captain! Rouga showed up, but don’t worry, he’s still on our side! Oh, and he told me that there’s a traitor in Squad 7, and that he’s not strong enough to beat Zeruda, so he’s running away! But, he gave us reinforcements; these two are his brother and sister! Yeah, that would go over really well.

“Do you still trust his information?” Amara asked, her soft voice still serene despite her discomfort at the situation.

Do I? he wondered, the answer dawning on him far quicker than he would’ve expected. “Yes. Unbalanced or not, his hesitation is real, and so are his intentions.”

“How can you be sure?” Kirio asked. “This is my brother we’re talking about. Even I can’t tell when he’s lying.”

Senny chuckled. “Because, I know that if he wanted to make me believe it, he would have made it so I would have to puzzle it out. Instead, it’s so blatantly obvious it’s practically smacking me in the face. Rouga’s just doing what he does best.”

“What?”

“Trying to protect everyone. Even though he knows he won’t succeed.”

Kirio chuckled. “Damn straight. Glad to see that you trust him.”

Senny raised an eyebrow. “You knew?”

“Of course I did. You didn’t think he got all the brains in the family, did you?”

“Well-“

“Don’t answer that.”

Amara huffed at the pointless histrionics they kept going through. “If you two are done, we have work to do,” she reminded them pointedly.

“Er, right,” Senny replied sheepishly. “Follow me.”

***

Whatever response the trio had expected when they crashed the Captain’s meeting, it certainly hadn’t been what actually happened.

As soon as Golde’s eyes locked onto Kirio’s face, he let out a thunderous roar of anger, a massive golden spear twisting to life in his hands with a crackle of lightning.

“Holy-“

“Move!”

The door to the briefing room exploded outward with a mighty clap of thunder, several figures rocketing out of the way as the entrance and hall was annihilated all the way out to the courtyard. Two of them were locked together by their weapons, Golde’s spear met by a pair of Kirio’s blades. The middle Kouken sibling had his teeth bared and his muscles were straining with exertion, but he was very much in one piece. A red and brown blur suddenly appeared behind him, Amara with her sword drawn to strike. Golde swung the spear down, throwing Kirio back as the butt of the weapon shot up and narrowly missed Amara’s face, forcing her to flicker into shunpou to avoid it.

Kirio slammed his blades together -the one in his left hand fusing with the one in his right- before bounding into the air and swinging down with a shout of “Sōretsu Dageki!”

Golde guttered out just as the massive cleaving weapon swung down, and not a second too soon as the ground literally exploded where the attack hit. Rocks and tiles blasted out of the ground like a landmine had gone off, leaving a six-foot deep crater under the tip of the blade.

Six feet under. Like a grave. If that’d hit me… Golde immediately quashed the errant thought, raising his spear again and shifting his gaze back and forth between the two siblings.

“Dammit Golde!” Senny shouted from the wall of the courtyard where he’d landed. “Those two aren’t your enemies; that’s not Rouga!”

Golde’s expression flickered from closed-off to confused as he considered this new information, then he nodded and let the spear dissipate with another crackle of voltage. “I see. I suppose I owe you an apology.”

“Naw, it’s cool,” Kirio replied, straightening up and separating his two blades before sheathing them across his shoulders. “Rouga’s got a nasty habit of setting people on edge just by showing his face. Not your fault that you’re jumpy.”

Golde grunted. “Your reiatsu is similar to his as well, not just your appearance. That’s why I made the assumption.”

“Well yeah, we’re siblings,” Kirio said. He suddenly perked up, sniffing the air before he turned to the wall behind Golde with a huge grin on his face. “Hey Kida! Long time no s- ack!” he gagged, Kida’s right arm wrapped around his windpipe in a chokehold while her other hand gripped Amara’s shoulder tightly.

“Golde, talk to Senny and get all of this shit straightened out,” she said tonelessly, turning to him and showing off her off-white wolf eyes, still darkening in a way that Golde couldn’t place. “I need a word with these two.”

Golde almost protested, but a whisper of Kida’s reiatsu brushed over him and he clamped his mouth shut, shuddering at the off-kilter feeling that her power exhibited. “Just don’t kill them. Or maim them.”

Kida dumped Kirio onto the carpeted floor of her quarters, shoving Amara aside roughly and throwing off her haori before socking Kirio across the face when he staggered to his feet.

“Ow!” the largest Kouken shouted, stumbling backwards and clutching at his cheek. “The hell, woman?! What is wrong with you?!”

She hit him again, harder this time, making him reel back until he fell on his rear with a thump. “You’d better have a really fucking good explanation for this,” Kida snarled, towering over him, her whole body shaking and her ears pinned back against her skull.

Kirio wiped a hand across his mouth, glaring back up at her. “Which ‘this’?”

“Don’t fuck with me, you dumbass.”

“Hot as that would be, I’m pretty sure we’ve both still got our pants on.”

Kida practically roared with rage, grabbing the larger male and slamming him bodily into the wall. “Tell me why the fuck I smell her on you!” she screamed.

Kirio’s eyes widened from where he was looking over her shoulder, and when he met her gaze they were somewhat fearful and at the same time deadly serious. “Kida, stop it.”

“Fu-“

“God dammit Kida, you’re terrifying her! You know what his dominance power does to her, so stop drawing on it!”

She blinked slowly, turning sluggishly to face the other female in the room. Amara was leaning against the wall in the corner, her arms wrapped protectively around herself, shuddering and sobbing as she hyperventilated with eyes wide open; all sure signs of a panic attack. Kida dropped Kirio, staggering away from him and staring at her hands like she’d never seen them before. “Wha- what?” she stammered, eyes wide and now back to their normal sapphire blue.

“Holy hell in a hand grenade,” Kirio rasped, slumping against the wall and sinking to the floor. “You really lost it. How the hell’d you do that?”

“What are you talking about?” she asked, frightened for the first time in decades. “What happened? What’s going on?!”

“You were drawing on his power, Kida,” Kirio said, his face drawn, as serious as she could ever remember seeing it. “Gintakai’s power.”

Kida’s eyes widened, she tottered backwards until her legs hit the edge of her bed and she sat down like a puppet with her strings cut. “No. No, no, no… nonononono,” she whispered over and over, shivering. “I-I can’t be-“

“Kida, think,” Kirio ordered calmly, his goofy façade falling away to cold, professional composure. “Did you do that, or did you not notice what was happening?”

His reserve steadied her slightly, and she took a few deep, calming breaths before answering. “I didn’t know.”

“So it wasn’t you, then,” Kirio concluded, sighing. “Hell.” He walked over to where Amara was still shivering into the corner, wrapping his younger sibling into a protective hug and stroking her back gently until the tremors subsided. “Gintakai’s trying to manipulate you.”

“That’s… impossible, isn’t it?” she asked, no longer as certain with herself. Her thoughts were incredibly disjointed and frantic, and she desperately tried to cling to facts. Facts were solid, and they provided a base for her to get her thoughts in order.

Unfortunately, reality decided not to let her get her bearings yet as Kirio threw her another curveball. “Should be, but right now, you’re out of sorts. You have been for a while now; we can all feel it. That makes it easier for him to mess with you and further damage your control.”

Kida became indescribably frightened at that piece of news, but Kirio clearly noticed it and shut her down before she could get riled up. “Kida. Stop right there.” She raised her uncertain eyes to meet his, holding on to her control by a thread. “Close your eyes and take a deep breath.” She tried, closing her eyes but only managing to draw a shallow gasp of air. “Deeper, Kida. There. Inhale… now exhale. Good. This is how you keep him out. Remain calm. Stand with your pack. Omega doesn’t mean isolated, Kida. Remember that there will always be other Fenrir you can draw strength from.”

A few breaths later, she finally felt her composure returning. She opened her eyes, now casting them to the floor. “Thanks, Kirio,” she muttered grudgingly. She didn’t like Rouga’s brother any more than Rouga himself, but he had still helped her.

He gave her a megawatt smile, some of his sunny personality returning, if only for a brief moment. “Anytime, Kida.” He sighed, sitting cross-legged on the floor and regaining his somber mood. Amara sat beside him a moment later. “You asked me earlier why I smelled of Hitomi,” he said quietly, avoiding her gaze. “I’m her mate, Kida.”

Kida’s jaw fell open in shock at the admission. “But… but she’s-”

“Too young? Nowhere near my age? Chii and Saishin’s only child? Your niece?” he asked in quick succession, still refusing to lock eyes with her even as his tone sharpened. “None of that matters anymore, Kida. In Gintakai’s pack, unmated females are treated like shit, or worse. I did it to protect her.” He shook his head sadly, looking into the shadows of memories better left forgotten. “I claimed her before she was of age, then consummated it the minute she was old enough." He scowled at the look she sent him. "Be glad I was able to wait that long, damn it. Anyway, that kept the others off her.”

“The others?”

He finally turned his eyes to her, and she immediately wished he hadn’t, flinching at the darkness lurking in his gaze. “Most of the lower ranks are little better than beasts now, Kida. Gintakai’s influence is so overpowering that only about half of the pack have their free will, and only about a quarter have it all the time.” He tilted his head towards Amara. “Both Amara and Hitomi are lucky to have mates included in that quarter, since their dominance power holds off the worst of Gintakai’s own.”

She peered at Amara curiously, who blushed and looked down. “Who’s your mate?” she asked curiously.

Amara was silent for a while, her cheeks rapidly flushing to the match color of her cloak until she finally let out a whisper-quiet mumble. “Muyomi.”

Kida facefaulted. “You’re joking.”

Now Amara’s face was almost purple. “It’s not that bad…”

“He’s a freaking psycho!”

Kirio let out a bark of laughter. “He’s perfectly sane compared to Gintakai.”

Kida stared at her for a few long moments, trying to find any untruth in her words, then sighed and let it go. “Fine.”

The three Fenrir sat in silence for a few minutes, either mulling over the information or lacking anything more to say. Finally though, Kirio spoke up. “Kida… I know it’s none of my business, but… why are you so stressed out? It can’t be just Seijuro’s death, can it?”

“Most of it is my own fault,” she replied, flopping back on the bed and stretching out. “The rest is all on your brother.”

Kirio sighed, dropping his face into his hands. “Would it kill Rouga to not give everybody issues? I mean really?”

Kida also let loose her own sigh. “I don’t even know what to make of him anymore,” she told them. “I hated him. I wanted him dead. And then it turns out that, this whole time, he’s been protecting me to fulfill Saishin’s last orders.”

Kirio stilled at that last declaration, raising his eyes from his palms with a look of horror painted on his face. “On… Saishin’s orders?” he murmured. “But… but that can only mean…”

“You don’t think…” Amara ventured, just as Kirio’s face went stony.

“Yeah, I do. They knew beforehand that the betrayal would happen. Rouga… or maybe Seijuro… they must have figured it out and told Saishin.”

Kida sat bolt upright, throwing herself to a standing position with her ears and tail standing on end. “What are you talking about?! How they hell could they have known beforehand and done nothing?!”

“It wasn’t ‘nothing’,” Kirio muttered darkly. “Saishin… he intentionally fought Gintakai to give Rouga time… and to let you and Seijuro escape. You didn’t leave, so Rouga came along and dragged you off when Gintakai found you.”

“But… what could he possibly need that time for?”

“I have no idea,” he admitted. “Knowing Rouga, it’s probably the only way for him to gain an edge over Gintakai. Either that… or it’s something that he can use to make someone else strong enough to take his place.”

“The Tokuisei no Iriguchi,” Amara muttered. Both of the others turned to stare at her. “He was sealing it to Gintakai, so that only he or someone with a certain spiritual anchor from him can enter.”

Kida just appeared lost. “Um… mind telling me what that is?”

“The Singularity Gate,” Kirio replied. “It’s a place where the boundaries of time and space are warped and compressed, making it so that one hour on the outside is one year on the inside.” His lips twisted into a scowl. “Unfortunately, it has one hell of a drawback. The time-space expansion effect when you leave can kill you because it shocks the body so much, and even if it doesn’t, it shortens your lifespan by about five years for every year spent on the inside. Granted, that’s not a lot if you’re a Shinigami, but if you’re already weakened, it’ll kill you straight off. Even if you exit at full strength, you’ll be weakened substantially.”

“And… where is this?”

“Way out beyond the Rukon Districts. It’s well-hidden, so well that if you don’t know its exact location, you’ll never find it. The Fenrir have been looking after it for millennia.”

Amara nodded. “It is the Fenrir’s greatest treasure. Rouga will likely train in there to defeat Gintakai at some point.”

“No… I think he’s started training in there now,” Kirio said thoughtfully. “He did say that he wasn’t strong enough. For what though… I have no idea. What can he possibly hope to achieve? He’s already so close to the absolute limit of his abilities as a Shinigami… even if he gets a little stronger, will it really be enough?”

Kida decided to interject with the first thing that came to mind. “It will if he actually manages to fully integrate with his wolf.”

“Full integration is physically impossible,” Kirio replied to Kida’s hopeful statement. “Even Nokuto Roen was said to have been unable to achieve that state. Partial integration is unstable because one side will always be striving for dominance over the other. Full integration would require a complete balance of man and wolf, and that is something no one can achieve.”

“Rouga can,” Kida replied. “He nearly achieved it unconsciously when he blew up at me. His wolf forced the integration to hold him back.”

Kirio raised an eyebrow at her explanation. “How do you know?”

She looked down. “Because they were speaking together. They said ‘us’ and ‘our psyche’. And their power… even their dominance power was so intense… I’d never actually been afraid of him before that, and I’ve seen him at his absolute worst before.” She gritted her teeth, clenching her hands in her lap, hating herself for what she was about to say. “But right then… I was so afraid of him… that I couldn’t think of him as anything other than an abomination.”

Both parties were silent for a moment, then Kirio took a deep breath and shook his head. “Then… it might be possible. Even then… he’ll probably be able to win against Zeruda, but he’ll never be strong enough to defeat Gintakai.”

“Why?” Kida asked, cocking an eyebrow. “I mean, I know he was incredibly strong and all but…”

Kirio’s expression was troubled as he covered his face with a hand and let out a deep, shuddering breath. “Take every enemy you’ve ever faced, every terror and monster you’ve ever overcome, every scrap of murderous intent you’ve felt… and combine it all into one creature.” He locked his darkened gaze onto hers. “Then imagine something stomping it into the ground to reach you. Then you’ll have just a basic understanding of the power Gintakai possesses. His strength is that of a god. Nokuto Roen himself would be hard-pressed to defeat him.”

Kida shrugged. “Then it’s a good thing that we’re Fenrir. Named for the wolf who slayed a god.”

He shook his head, standing. Kida blinked, confused. “Wait, where are you going?”

“To talk to your Head Captain,” he replied, stretching. “Plus, I’m getting sick of acting like my gloomy asshole of a brother.”

Kida sighed, mock-mournfully. “And here I thought you were going to stay mature.”

“But that’s painful,” Kirio whined, prompting her to laugh.

“For you, I’m sure.”

“You love me really.”

“Like a bad hangover.”

Amara gave a growling sigh in irritation, marching over and grabbing Kirio by the collar. “If you say you’re going to do something, don’t monologue in the doorway for ten minutes before doing it,” she snarled under her breath, dragging her protesting brother out the door, Kida’s laughter following them out.

***

“Aragaki, what’s the status on the scouts?” Captain Anternero Aielpy called across the bustling hub of scurrying people that was the Command & Control center in Squad 12.

“No word sir!” a harried officer shouted from his computer station a ways down the line. “All attempts to hail them on the comms have failed; we have to assume that they’re MIA now!”

“Blast and damn,” Dauc Narcisse grumbled, the usually immaculate noble now hunched over the control panel and sweating visibly under his purple and gold robes. “I know Rouga Kouken told Senny that he’d made a mistake, but this is ridiculous! Three missing patrols, several communications failures, and now two scouting parties gone missing. How bad can this possibly get?”

“Far worse than it is now,” Ant replied. “If he’s missing one variable, then this whole war could become a massacre for us.”

A new voice suddenly cut in through Ant’s personal comm unit, which only Golde and the other Captains had access to. “Ant, this is Golde. We’ve set everything up and we’re in position. Give me the good news.”

Ant moved forward and spoke into the comm. “I am afraid that good news will not be forthcoming, Head Captain,” he informed his superior. “We’ve lost contact with Recon Team Bravo as well. As of now, we are officially flying blind; we have no information as to our enemies’ whereabouts, numbers, or tactical strength. You’re on your own.”

Golde sighed into the mic on his end, causing a rush of static on Ant’s side. “Gods damn it all…” he muttered. “Alright, keep me posted- wait, what? You’re sure? …fuck.” The Head Captain let out another, louder sigh over the comms. “Ant, we have an estimate of our enemies’ forces… and to be frank, it’s very, very bad.”

“Transmitting visual,” another voice said, then a viewscreen flickered up next to the comm unit.

Ant stared at the screen, unblinking. To any casual observer, he might’ve appeared calm, rational, and just as stoic as always.

What he felt instead was abject horror.

“By… all the gods…” Dauc whispered behind him.

“Golde,” Ant said as levelly as possible. “Approximately how many are Jäger are we looking at here?”

“The initial count… is roughly fifty-thousand.”

Ant swore uncharacteristically, turning away from the screen while blazing through equations and scenarios in his head with lightning-quickness. His head snapped up, and he addressed all the Squad 12 members present. “Go to the equipment stations and get the necessary gear, then move to the courtyard. We are heading to the front.”

Just as he made to leave, the comm blared to life again, this time with a much rougher -but no less familiar- voice. “Ant, this is Rouga. Please tell me that things are going well on your end.”

Ant scowled and moved back over to the comm before replying tersely. “There are no words in the English language to describe how utterly and completely FUBAR the situation is right now. Get to the front immediately; I will send your personal ‘Fenris’ to your location.”

“How could this have happened?” Dauc moaned theatrically. “How do we go from 2,500 to… to… this?” He gestured at the screen, where the seemingly endless tide of Jäger continued ceaselessly towards the Shinigami lines.

“Murphy’s Law,” was Ant’s only reply as he left the room.
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Author's Notes:

In case anyone missed it, here are the five critical matchups for the war:

I tried something 'new' and have an unnamed and silent protagonist. Well everyone is silent, anyway. XD

Spoiler:- Oneshot:

A figure was visible, sitting on the peak of the tallest hill in the forest. A vague shape of a hat and coat were visible, were it not for the tail swiping about, one would say it was a human.

He was reminiscing his past, he had not always been like this.
The earliest thing he could remember was charging around a city, looking for souls. Not that he ever caught any, he was simple minded and weak.
It was not until he got dragged to Hueco Mundo, that he was glad for his weakness. His reiatsu was insignificant, not even the weakest of hollows were interested in him. This allowed him to live a quiet life, far away from the dangers of that world.

Over time, he had changed, walking on two legs instead of four. His 'pack' always remarked how he was so weak that he started to resemble the frail humans they once hunted.

Years later, the hollows had found a new way to gain strength. Instead of devouring eachother, they broke their own masks. The power boost was immense and in the end, he alone had not broken his mask.
Most of his allies had left, some became famous, one was even called a Vasto Lorde.

And then everything had gone wrong, the Shinigami had managed to mass produce a drug, it allowed any soul to instantly reach lieutenant level of power. The decision was hurridly made, every soul in Soul Society was exposed to the drug. An army was created and thus, the shinigami invaded Hueco Mundo, destroying any hollow in their path.

He was one of the handfull who had managed to escape to the human world. He lived near a shrine in a remote village, and constantly hid his reiatsu to not endanger himself or anyone else. With the destruction of Hueco Mundo, something had changed. Hollows now lived between borders, both visible by man and shinigami.
The humans feared him, his mask looked terrifying, his tail didn't help either.
There was only one human who was not scared of him, a young human female. She spend a lot of time at the shrine, constantly talking to him.
At first he hated it, he didn't like being approached, let alone by a human. Over time, he had come to accept her for who she was and looked forward to their daily talks.

Then a change became apparant, his hollow hole was slowly shrinking in size. At first the change was slow, but eventually he noticed that the more he looked forward to her arrival, the quicker the shrinking proceded.
One day, she had asked him about his mask. That day, he spilled everything about himself, what he was, where he came from. What the mask indicated. He had expected a look of horror, for her to run away and alert the military, but she hadn't.

Time passed and his hollow hole was just the size of a needle. He had realised what was happening, it was very simple. A hollow hole could be refilled by someone else.
The day came when she asked him something peculiar, she had asked him if she would be allowed to touch the mask. He had declined, unsure of what would happen to her. She had ignored him and had pulled a part of the mask.

What happened next surprised both of them, the mask had come loose. A wave of strong spiritual energy flowed through the hill, it wasn't dangerous feeling, more one of warmth. It was then he noticed his hollow hole and completely closed up.

What they always had thought that had meant power, devouring human souls, devouring eachother, breaking their masks.. Was all insignificant.
Breaking a mask had a powerfull effect, but nothing compared to this. The jokingly made comments had been true, true strength comes from becoming closer to a human not going further away from that.

More time had passed, and in all the years before, he had not known fear. Until the day he declined one of her questions, she had asked him to marry her. In the end, he had given in, natural instinct had made him do so, otherwise he might have been killed.
He had gotten a job at a construction site, with his newfound strength, he had no trouble doing the most demanding and difficult tasks.
They had bought a little home, it was not much, but it felt like a safe place to the both of them.

Occasionally he had heard rumors and saw images of strange occurances on the television, he knew most of these were done by shinigami who were still hunting hollows. It did not make him angry to see it, but more of a feeling of being uncomfortable. He had a wife, who had become pregnant. He had no idea how it was possible, or what the child would be.

Years passed again, the child had turned out to be mostly human, were it not for the huge reiatsu and strange abilities he possessed. At the age of 3, he was able to make spoons float. At the age of 6, he was able to see ghosts. His intelligence was like his mother's, quick to learn things, being able to remember almost anything, with no disregard for anyone.

Then everything went wrong.

The shinigami had discovered them, a hunt had started. He had tried his very best to protect his family, but in the midst of the assault he was sealed in barriers. He had tried talking to them, he had been stabbed and regenerated. He pleaded and begged to them, but the shinigami had found out what he was, what his wife was and what his child was. It was decided that he was going to an experiment, to find out how to kill him. His child was immediatly sentenced to death, a human-hollow hybrid was a danger and should be disposed of.
In a last ditch effort, she had thrown herself infront of the blade that was aiming to take her childs life. But both had been struck down.

It was then he decided, he was going to kill each and every one of these bastards.

10 years later, at the hill where the shrine once was;
He was now sitting, reminiscing on his past. The last 10 years, he spend hunting and being hunted by shinigami, the last of his kind, a thorn in their side.
He had gone back to Hueco Mundo, defeated the remaining shinigami forces present. It had not been difficult and only a white coated shinigami had given him a bit of trouble. He was not used to fighting at first, and had relied on his instincts to fight, this worked well on the weaker, unexperienced, shinigami. He opened a pocket in his coat and took out four pieces of white cloth, each with an insigne.

He had a short blade at the side of his leg, his main weapon, but his powers were limited. Unwilling to give up his human side, he had decided to never release his blade, fearing to be unable to return.

This would make the fifth night since he had returned here, the fifth assault was about to start. He could smell them, feel their hating presence, he grasped the hilt of the blade and sighed. It was going to be another long night.

In an instant, the forest was brightly lit as hundreds of red orbs and blue bolts of lightning came searing forward.

With a flick of his blade, most dissipated. The couple that hit him didn't seem to cause any damage.

His stare scanned the surroundings, he saw 2 white cloaks in the mass of black and grey robes. If you cut the head of the snake, the body dies... but he wasn't feeling like doing that, first he was going to cut the body down first, then and only then would he cut the head.

The shinigami forces charged forward the moment the tallest of the two white coats lowered his hand. A buff shinigami with a sickle was the first to perish, next was a gloomy looking guy who hadn't even released yet. It was a dance of carnage with the short blade flickering when it cut down a life.
In just an hour, the mass amount of shinigami were cut down to just one. He made sure to mark the area where the tall white coat had been killed, to collect another piece of the cloth.

The captain pulled out his blade and released. In the captain's hands were a short spear and an axe. They charged at eachother.

The battle lasted until the break of dawn. Both combatants were gravely injured, though only one had the advantage of regeneration. His wounds closed up, he walked forward and pierced the captain through the neck.

He cut the insigne out of both robes, picked up his hat and walked off into the sunset.

A figure was visible, sitting on the peak of the tallest hill in the forest. A vague shape of a hat and coat were visible, were it not for the tail swiping about, one would say it was a human.

I would split this into two sentences: "A vague shape of a hat..." and "Were it not for the tail..."

Originally Posted by Cell

It was not until he got dragged to Hueco Mundo, that he was glad for his weakness. His reiatsu was insignificant, not even the weakest of hollows were interested in him. This allowed him to live a quiet life, far away from the dangers of that world.

I would put a semi-colon after "weakness", instead of a full stop to help it flow a bit better. Also, what dragged him/how was he dragged into HM?

Originally Posted by Cell

Over time, he had changed, walking on two legs instead of four. His 'pack' always remarked how he was so weak that he started to resemble the frail humans they once hunted.

So... He was a quadrupedal Hollow, with a tail?

Originally Posted by Cell

Years later, the hollows had found a new way to gain strength. Instead of devouring eachother, they broke their own masks. The power boost was immense and in the end, he alone had not broken his mask.
Most of his allies had left, some became famous, one was even called a Vasto Lorde.

It sounds like they had become Arrancar, and then one of them became a VL. I'm pretty sure that Shinigamification completely stops the ability to grow.

Originally Posted by Cell

And then everything had gone wrong, the Shinigami had managed to mass produce a drug, it allowed any soul to instantly reach lieutenant level of power. The decision was hurridly made, every soul in Soul Society was exposed to the drug. An army was created and thus, the shinigami invaded Hueco Mundo, destroying any hollow in their path.

Sentences shouldn't start with "And".
Put a colon after "wrong".
Replace "it" with "which".
Hurridly should be "hurriedly".
I would then put the rest of the paragraph into fragmented sentences, just to really emphasise each action:
"The decision was hurriedly made. Every soul in Soul Society was exposed to the drug. An army was created. The shinigami invaded Hueco Mundo. All hollows in their path were destroyed."

Originally Posted by Cell

He was one of the handfull who had managed to escape to the human world. He lived near a shrine in a remote village, and constantly hid his reiatsu to not endanger himself or anyone else. With the destruction of Hueco Mundo, something had changed. Hollows now lived between borders, both visible by man and shinigami.

Handfull should be handful.
When you say they "lived between borders", what exactly does that mean? Because my first thought is that between the border of, say, the Soul Society and the World of the Living, is the Precipice World.

Originally Posted by Cell

The humans feared him, his mask looked terrifying, his tail didn't help either.

Only spiritually aware humans can see Hollows, and those are generally rare.

Originally Posted by Cell

There was only one human who was not scared of him, a young human female. She spend a lot of time at the shrine, constantly talking to him.

I would merge this with the last sentence: "There was one human girl that could see him. She spent a lot of time at the shrine, constantly talking to him."

Originally Posted by Cell

At first he hated it, he didn't like being approached, let alone by a human. Over time, he had come to accept her for who she was and looked forward to their daily talks.

"Accept her for who she was" - and who was she? Unless you're going to divulge into her personality, I would change that "Over time, he had become used to talking to her, and almost looked forward to their occasional meetings."

Originally Posted by Cell

Then a change became apparant, his hollow hole was slowly shrinking in size. At first the change was slow, but eventually he noticed that the more he looked forward to her arrival, the quicker the shrinking proceded.

Proceeded, not proceded.

Originally Posted by Cell

That day, he spilled everything about himself, what he was, where he came from. What the mask indicated. He had expected a look of horror, for her to run away and alert the military, but she hadn't.

"He spilled everything" seems quite... informal. I would use "He revealed everything" instead.
"...about himself: what he was; where he came from; what the mask indicated." The colon makes it a list, and the semi-colon splits the items.
You said what she didn't do but not what she did do. We don't see what her reaction is at all.

Originally Posted by Cell

Time passed and his hollow hole was just the size of a needle. He had realised what was happening, it was very simple. A hollow hole could be refilled by someone else.
The day came when she asked him something peculiar, she had asked him if she would be allowed to touch the mask. He had declined, unsure of what would happen to her. She had ignored him and had pulled a part of the mask.

The hole is being filled with... platonic love?
I'm pretty sure it's not THAT easy to break the mask. I'm assuming this young girl could be anywhere between 5 and 25 years old, and that she wouldn't have the strength to do that (I imagine the mask to have the same strength of, say, bone or something).

Originally Posted by Cell

What happened next surprised both of them, the mask had come loose. A wave of strong spiritual energy flowed through the hill, it wasn't dangerous feeling, more one of warmth. It was then he noticed his hollow hole and completely closed up.

I like how it surprised her - I was actually going to comment on that she shouldn't be surprised because she doesn't know what would have happened because she expected nothing, but then it hit me. A little bit of self-fridge-logic there.
I would split the second sentence: "A wave of strength spiritual energy flowed through the hill. It did not feel dangerous, but it felt... warm. It was then that he noticed his hollow hole had completely closed up."

Originally Posted by Cell

What they always had thought that had meant power, devouring human souls, devouring eachother, breaking their masks.. Was all insignificant.

I would have put "It was all insignificant." On a separate paragraph.

Originally Posted by Cell

Breaking a mask had a powerfull effect, but nothing compared to this. The jokingly made comments had been true, true strength comes from becoming closer to a human not going further away from that.

Powerful not powerfull.
"...closer to a human, not moving further from one."

Originally Posted by Cell

More time had passed,

Wait, so what ACTUALLY happened? Did he become human? Make it explicit.

Originally Posted by Cell

and in all the years before, he had not known fear.

I'm pretty sure that he felt fear, being the weak Hollow in Hueco Mundo. Maybe he had not known "TRUE fear"?

Originally Posted by Cell

Until the day he declined one of her questions, she had asked him to marry her. In the end, he had given in, natural instinct had made him do so, otherwise he might have been killed.
He had gotten a job at a construction site, with his newfound strength, he had no trouble doing the most demanding and difficult tasks.
They had bought a little home, it was not much, but it felt like a safe place to the both of them.

Woah. That's quite... out of the blue. Though I guess, when you condense the story as you have (instead of having realy fleshed out descriptions) it seems like that. I would recommend explaining some kind of time period that this has gone on for, or giving slight hints throughout that she was slowly falling in love with him.

Originally Posted by Cell

Occasionally he had heard rumors and saw images of strange occurances on the television, he knew most of these were done by shinigami who were still hunting hollows. It did not make him angry to see it, but more of a feeling of being uncomfortable. He had a wife, who had become pregnant. He had no idea how it was possible, or what the child would be.

Again, sort of a "o.o okay then" moment. Though the fact that even he doesn't know what the baby will be like makes him seem more... mortal.

Originally Posted by Cell

Years passed again, the child had turned out to be mostly human, were it not for the huge reiatsu and strange abilities he possessed. At the age of 3, he was able to make spoons float. At the age of 6, he was able to see ghosts. His intelligence was like his mother's, quick to learn things, being able to remember almost anything, with no disregard for anyone.

"Mostly human" Oddly made me lol.
Spoons floating? The only species that we know that COULD conceivably do something like this are Fullbringers, which makes sense with his father being a Hollow thingy.
"To see ghosts" - the word "ghost" isn't really used in Bleach... Perhaps "wholes" or "pluses"?

Originally Posted by Cell

Then everything went wrong.

Oh noes.

Originally Posted by Cell

The shinigami had discovered them, a hunt had started. He had tried his very best to protect his family, but in the midst of the assault he was sealed in barriers. He had tried talking to them, he had been stabbed and regenerated. He pleaded and begged to them, but the shinigami had found out what he was, what his wife was and what his child was. It was decided that he was going to an experiment, to find out how to kill him. His child was immediatly sentenced to death, a human-hollow hybrid was a danger and should be disposed of.
In a last ditch effort, she had thrown herself infront of the blade that was aiming to take her childs life. But both had been struck down.

So... They could still sense his Hollow reiatsu? If so, make that clear because that seems a bit confusing.
Get rid of "a hunt had started" - that seems redundant.
"He had been stabbed, but he had regenerated." Since regeneration is an unusual thing.
I like the "what he was, what his wife was and what his child was." It was a nice rule of three.
"That he was going to be an experiment." (D8)
Immediately.
"child's" - it's possessive.
And saddening.

Originally Posted by Cell

It was then he decided, he was going to kill each and every one of these bastards.

Oooh.

Originally Posted by Cell

10 years later, at the hill where the shrine once was;
He was now sitting, reminiscing on his past. The last 10 years, he spend hunting and being hunted by shinigami, the last of his kind, a thorn in their side.

I would get rid of the "now" - because then, I think, it messes up the tense.
"He spent hunting", pass tense.

Originally Posted by Cell

He had gone back to Hueco Mundo, defeated the remaining shinigami forces present. It had not been difficult and only a white coated shinigami had given him a bit of trouble. He was not used to fighting at first, and had relied on his instincts to fight, this worked well on the weaker, unexperienced, shinigami. He opened a pocket in his coat and took out four pieces of white cloth, each with an insigne.

A white coat? A captain?
Replace "this worked well" with "which worked well".

Originally Posted by Cell

He had a short blade at the side of his leg, his main weapon, but his powers were limited. Unwilling to give up his human side, he had decided to never release his blade, fearing to be unable to return.

Who's being described? My first thought is the captain, but it sounds like the Hollow-thingy. If the latter, then I would mention this earlier on, because it sounds like a "oh by the way he had a weapon all this time".

Originally Posted by Cell

If you cut the head of the snake, the body dies... but he wasn't feeling like doing that, first he was going to cut the body down first, then and only then would he cut the head.

"He didn't feel like doing that."
I would put a full stop before "first", and split it into two sentences.

Originally Posted by Cell

A buff shinigami with a sickle was the first to perish, next was a gloomy looking guy who hadn't even released yet.

Eh, I didn't really like this description. The general feel of the story seems quite... concise. You tend not to give detail on how characters look, besides the initial "the man had a tail, hat and coat".

Originally Posted by Cell

In just an hour, the mass amount of shinigami were cut down to just one. He made sure to mark the area where the tall white coat had been killed, to collect another piece of the cloth.

I don't quite understand the whole cloth thing.

Originally Posted by Cell

The captain pulled out his blade and released. In the captain's hands were a short spear and an axe. They charged at eachother.

Each other are two words.

Originally Posted by Cell

The battle lasted until the break of dawn. Both combatants were gravely injured, though only one had the advantage of regeneration. His wounds closed up, he walked forward and pierced the captain through the neck.

If it wasn't for the regeneration, I would consider his stamina to be a plot hole, but I'll let my suspension of belief continue.
Also, "he walked forward" seems really dull and boring. Maybe "he tiredly charged forward" or something?

Originally Posted by Cell

He cut the insigne out of both robes, picked up his hat and walked off into the sunset.

While symbolic, I feel like the reasoning is missing behind the symbolism. Why did he want to cut out the insignia from the robes?

Originally Posted by Cell

He had won the battle, but the war still wasn't finished.

It seems like an abrupt ending to the oneshot. A big fight, he wins, "this is not the end", the end.

Overall, a very interesting concept - in particular, focusing on the Hollows and not the shinigami, and even then, not focusing on any of our Arrancar forms either. I especially liked the fact that there was no dialogue, which gives it a very... storytelling feel.
I think pacing was an issue, as sometimes you went into very general "he was dragged to Hueco Mundo and hid from the hollows" to oddly specific "in the captain's hands were a short spear and an axe".

But overall, a very good attempt.

I'll edit this post with Eon's fic, later. I need to take a break XD

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Fifteen pages, by the way. A new single-chapter record, for any of my Fanfics. Even my longest Pokemon one only made it to thirteen and a quarter.

*Sobbing madly* Good god what did I do to deserve this?!

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Just one warning: don't jump to conclusions.

*Throws warning out of the window*

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Oh, and I did an omake at the beginning. It's making fun of me making fun of Ant making fun of my summaries.

Haha, looking forward to it.

Spoiler:- Chapter 8: Countdown to Abolition:

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Previously on Hunting Death Itself...
Rouga trained Kai in the use of his Bankai, giving him a thorough beating in the process. Afterwards, the pair retired to the Squad 6 Barracks and had a disucssion with Squad 6 Captain Senshuken. After a rather amusing reference to Hayashi, Rouga sensed an flare of Fenrir dominance power from a pair of Gintakai's wolves, the twins Yazuu and Rozuu, and discreetly left the company of his fellow officers in order to meet with them. In an exchange of offers, Rouga garnered reinforcements for the Seireitei in their upcoming war in exchange for information on the legendary Fenrir Ultima. After Rouga intimidated the pair and drove them off, Kida showed herself, demanding answers from Rouga. This quickly devolved into an venomous argument, which culminated in Rouga's wolf forcing an integration to forcefully hold him back from killing Kida. In the end, Rouga declared that he would leave the Seireitei, and knocked Kida out with a sucker punch. When Kai came to investigate, Rouga handed off his Captain's cloak, telling Kai that he would be Captain now before knocking him unconcious as well. Later, Rouga put on his old Fenrir battle armor and made preparations to leave. In a surprising twist, former Squad 7 Captain Seijuro Arashi was revealed to have survived his spirit body's destruction through unknown means, though he was now little more than an incorporeal shade of his former self. He and Rouga spoke over the legend of the Fenrir Ultima's return, revealing that many of their allies currently played a central role in the myth. Rouga's doubt was overcome with Seijuro's guidance, and the two parted ways. Now, the clock is winding down to the war with the Jäger, as only thirty-six hours remain for the Shinigami and Fenrir who chose to defend the Seireitei...

Hahaha, it'll do

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Alright, I’ll keep this short, seeing as we’ve got a lot less time than originally planned. I’m sure everyone knows by now of Rouga’s betrayal last night,” Golde stated at the front of the Captain’s Meeting Room, his voice and eyes harder than steel. “He was conspiring with agents of someone he confirmed to be an enemy of the Seireitei, assaulted a fellow Captain and his own Lieutenant, and abandoned us with the kickoff for war less than 36 hours away. He is… our enemy.”

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“We have been forced to change our plans. They center around five matchups; our five most suitable Captains versus the Innen Kreis. We have determined the following matchups, and Aielpy will be handing out their information after the meeting.”

I SHOULD be making note of the match ups. Too lazy to.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Kida,” he stated, causing the blonde Captain to perk up from her unusually subdued musings. “You will face Gurim Königswald. He is a master Kidou breaker and a powerful shot with the bow. You are our most experienced Captain, and this gives you a better chance at outmaneuvering him than anyone else.” Kida simply nodded, then resumed staring at the floor.

I like the comment of how she's the most experienced captain - because technically she is.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Senshuken, you will face Noctal Himmeler. You’ve faced him before, so you have a reasonable idea of what to expect.” Senshuken nodded, no hesitation whatsoever in the movement.

Yup, that name sounds familiar.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Kai, you will face Randulf von Heidelberg. He controls and creates beings of shadow. Since you have the most experience in facing his monsters, you’re the best suited to take him on.” Kai’s face remained stoic, but his posture revealed uncertainty as he inclined his head in agreement.

I was quite surprised to see that Kai was chosen, being the least experienced Captain, but I suppose that includes the fact that I don't remember him fighintg his monsters. But I suppose the person with some experience fighting him would be the best choice.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Hayashi, wake up.”

“I’m awake, Golde. You know I can’t sleep standing up.”

“First time for everything.”

Haha.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

"We determined that your speed and stamina would be instrumental in such combat, and your wind abilities allow you to deflect her attacks should she attempt to throw them.”

Makes me want to go analyse the stats again.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Arc and I will be in charge of the field hospital and the Command&Control center, respectively,” Ant stated tonelessly. “Jin will be in charge of the reserve force that will be guarding the Seireitei in our absence. Dauc will be assisting me with Command&Control.”

Makes sense.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“You’re the heavy artillery,” Ant replied. “You, Zam, Senny, Dre, Niche, and Aozora will be causing as much damage as possible to the Jäger’s lines.”

Aka. "the others".

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Mind telling me why the **** we’re still working off of Rouga’s information?” Dre interjected darkly. “He’s a traitor; we can’t trust it.”

I think "it" should be "him". While he's talking about how they can't trust the information, but it seems to flow better to say that they can't trust Rouga.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

The Squad 5 Captain grunted. “Whatever. You knew him best, you make the call.”

I have a feeling it got to the point where "****, how do I argue against that? I don't even understand what that's all about."

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Everyone, take the information packet marked with your name at the door,” Golde ordered gruffly.

This was just funny XD. "And here's a brochure with everything you need to know about the wonderful holiday fighting the Jager!"

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Right,” Senny replied sarcastically. “I trust you about as far as I can throw you-“

“Several dozen feet through the air and another twenty or so across the ground when you’re angry?” Rouga interjected with a slight smirk, much to Senny’s irritation.

****ing win.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“There is a traitor amongst the Shinigami’s ranks.”

Mind games, yay.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“I don’t actually know,” Rouga replied, but hastily continued as Senny opened his mouth to interject. “However, I know for certain that they’re a member of Squad 7.”

I'm going to fall right into your trap by saying this but:
The important squad seven members we know are Rouga, Seijuro and Kai. We have to cross out Rouga because of his whole speech of "I'm not a traitor I'm working with you," and with Seijuro being a weird ghost thingy, we have to ignore him too. But at the same time, it can't be Kai, otherwise Rouga would have known instantly.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“No. Keep friends and enemies equally close because sometimes that line can be blurry or even nonexistent. If he’s on guard, it’ll just make ferreting out the turncoat that much easier.”

Awesome.
Senny nodded. “Ok, say I believe this. What are you going to do about it? I mean, it’s not like we can spare a Captain to go after them, or even a Lieutenant.”

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Don’t worry about it,” Rouga replied dismissively. “I’ve already told someone else, who will be ready to act when the time comes.”

"Somebody else" - who he trusts, and who would know Squad Seven. My first thought is ghost!Seijuro.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Now I know why you annoy me so much; you always throw so much reasoning at things that it’s impossible to argue with you.”

At first I thought that whistle was sarcastic XDAmara? My "niece" is called Ammaarah XD

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“I have something else I need to do.”

Senny sighed.

Even I sighed.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

He sighed and looked at the ground; outright denying a request from his little sister was something he was never able to do.

D'aww.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“So you’re running away again,”

“Yes, I am.”

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Much as I hate to admit it, I agree.” Senny grimaced at the thought of explaining all of this to Golde. Hey, Head Captain! Rouga showed up, but don’t worry, he’s still on our side! Oh, and he told me that there’s a traitor in Squad 7, and that he’s not strong enough to beat Zeruda, so he’s running away! But, he gave us reinforcements; these two are his brother and sister! Yeah, that would go over really well.

Good luck to Senny!

Originally Posted by Eon Master

The door to the briefing room exploded outward with a mighty clap of thunder, several figures rocketing out of the way as the entrance and hall was annihilated all the way out to the courtyard. Two of them were locked together by their weapons, Golde’s spear met by a pair of Kirio’s blades. The middle Kouken sibling had his teeth bared and his muscles were straining with exertion, but he was very much in one piece. A red and brown blur suddenly appeared behind him, Amara with her sword drawn to strike. Golde swung the spear down, throwing Kirio back as the butt of the weapon shot up and narrowly missed Amara’s face, forcing her to flicker into shunpou to avoid it.

Golde almost protested, but a whisper of Kida’s reiatsu brushed over him and he clamped his mouth shut, shuddering at the off-kilter feeling that her power exhibited.

Woah. Gurim Königswald doesn't stand a chance if she does that again.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Kirio wiped a hand across his mouth, glaring back up at her. “Which ‘this’?”

I swear I don't think I can take Kirio seriously.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Don’t **** with me, you *******.”

“Hot as that would be, I’m pretty sure we’ve both still got our pants on.”

Reminds me of Dau.C, almost.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Kida practically roared with rage, grabbing the larger male and slamming him bodily into the wall. “Tell me why the **** I smell her on you!” she screamed.

"Her smell"? Why does this seem like relationship problems?

Originally Posted by Eon Master

She blinked slowly, turning sluggishly to face the other female in the room. Amara was leaning against the wall in the corner, her arms wrapped protectively around herself, shuddering and sobbing as she hyperventilated with eyes wide open; all sure signs of a panic attack.

Woah.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“You were drawing on his power, Kida,” Kirio said, his face drawn, as serious as she could ever remember seeing it. “Gintakai’s power.”

Woah.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Too young? Nowhere near my age? Chii and Saishin’s only child? Your niece?” he asked in quick succession, still refusing to lock eyes with her even as his tone sharpened. “None of that matters anymore, Kida. In Gintakai’s pack, unmated females are treated like ****, or worse. I did it to protect her.” He shook his head sadly, looking into the shadows of memories better left forgotten. “I claimed her before she was of age, then consummated it the minute she was old enough." He scowled at the look she sent him. "Be glad I was able to wait that long, damn it. Anyway, that kept the others off her.”

So confused.
And slightly worried.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Amara was silent for a while, her cheeks rapidly flushing to the match color of her cloak until she finally let out a whisper-quiet mumble. “Muyomi.”

XD Perhaps a character sheet would be nice?

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“The Singularity Gate,” Kirio replied. “It’s a place where the boundaries of time and space are warped and compressed, making it so that one hour on the outside is one year on the inside.” His lips twisted into a scowl. “Unfortunately, it has one hell of a drawback. The time-space expansion effect when you leave can kill you because it shocks the body so much, and even if it doesn’t, it shortens your lifespan by about five years for every year spent on the inside. Granted, that’s not a lot if you’re a Shinigami, but if you’re already weakened, it’ll kill you straight off. Even if you exit at full strength, you’ll be weakened substantially.”

I would not be surprised if you have already written out the scene where he fully integrates with his wolf.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

A new voice suddenly cut in through Ant’s personal comm unit, which only Golde and the other Captains had access to.

I feel like that is important information... Like someone will hack into it or something.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Ant stared at the screen, unblinking. To any casual observer, he might’ve appeared calm, rational, and just as stoic as always.

What he felt instead was abject horror.

Love this bit.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“The initial count… is roughly fifty-thousand.”

****ing...

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Ant swore uncharacteristically,

Haha.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Go to the equipment stations and get the necessary gear, then move to the courtyard. We are heading to the front.”

Wait, Squad 12 is fighting?

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Ant scowled and moved back over to the comm before replying tersely. “There are no words in the English language to describe how utterly and completely FUBAR the situation is right now. Get to the front immediately; I will send your personal ‘Fenris’ to your location.”

Also lol'd.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“How could this have happened?” Dauc moaned theatrically. “How do we go from 2,500 to… to… this?”

“Murphy’s Law,” was Ant’s only reply as he left the room.

I like how he actually had an answer to that.

Overall, well, just, wow. LOADS happened, but I like how it was chunked up, so it really did not feel so bad. We're getting into the actual fighting now, so the next few chapters will be fighting, but I do not at all doubt that you will give fewer plot twists or exposition.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

If you need or want information on Kirio or Amara, say so. I'll try to post their profiles and Zanpaktou when I get the opportunity.

More information is always good information!

*Dies*

Cell's fic was 1,522 words.
My review was 1,068 words.

Eon's fic was 6,257 words.
My review was... 512 words.

Something is not right here.

Last edited by I like Pokemon (...); 25th March 2012 at 7:18 PM.

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Originally Posted by Eon Master

Arc: Who is Gintakai again? I forgot.

XD Exactly what I would say
Love the omake btw.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Alright, I’ll keep this short, seeing as we’ve got a lot less time than originally planned. I’m sure everyone knows by now of Rouga’s betrayal last night,” Golde stated at the front of the Captain’s Meeting Room, his voice and eyes harder than steel.

At first I already forgot why he left.
Then again after reading ILPy's review and Rouga's conversation with Seijuro... I came to the conclusion that he left because he was looking for the Singularity Gate.
Then again, I don't know. XD

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“Trying to protect everyone. Even though he knows he won’t succeed.”

Sounds pretty much like Ichigo

Originally Posted by Eon Master

As soon as Golde’s eyes locked onto Kirio’s face, he let out a thunderous roar of anger, a massive golden spear twisting to life in his hands with a crackle of lightning.

Epic.
I would REALLY love to see this animated.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

“The Singularity Gate,” Kirio replied. “It’s a place where the boundaries of time and space are warped and compressed, making it so that one hour on the outside is one year on the inside.”

I was surprised ILPy didn't say "Hyperbolic Time Chamber" when he reviewed your fic XD

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Ant scowled and moved back over to the comm before replying tersely. “There are no words in the English language to describe how utterly and completely FUBAR the situation is right now. Get to the front immediately; I will send your personal ‘Fenris’ to your location.”

I love what he said 8D

Originally Posted by Eon Master

If you need or want information on Kirio or Amara, say so. I'll try to post their profiles and Zanpaktou when I get the opportunity.

That's all for right now. Most other stuff I'll probably anwer in reviews.

If you're not busy, I'd bug you to make an information sheet instead of the two newcomers' profiles. XD Like... The Jager and the Innen Kreis, and who's in there, and the Fenrir, and who's in there. I got lost with so many names around XD I might try to do it myself if I have time, but currently no

Or I'll list them and ask you about it.

Originally Posted by I like Pokemon (...)

Wait, Squad 12 is fighting?

Seeing that the enemy number IS OVER 9000!!!1! (it is...) is 95% more than the original estimate, I'd say they'd mobilize every Squad there are to fight. except Squad 4, of course

Though something is weird there... How did such a huge number could go unnoticed?

Originally Posted by I like Pokemon (...)

Cell's fic was 1,522 words.
My review was 1,068 words.

Eon's fic was 6,257 words.
My review was... 512 words.

Something is not right here.

Ahaha. Then again, your review of Cell's also had the technical stuff like punctuation errors, tenses etc. Eon's chapter have no (or almost no, idk) technical error for you to correct, so it would be more based on the plot and other stuff.

I like the comment of how she's the most experienced captain - because technically she is.

More than technically too. Kida is the most experienced in the story now that Rouga's gone. Golde's over, but Kida's been fighting her whole life.

Yup, that name sounds familiar.

I should hope so. Man behind the (wo)man and all that.

I was quite surprised to see that Kai was chosen, being the least experienced Captain, but I suppose that includes the fact that I don't remember him fighintg his monsters. But I suppose the person with some experience fighting him would be the best choice.

See Chapter 1. Kai's the one who took out all the monsters who attacked Squad 7 to prevent Seijuro from denying Zeruda's challenge.

Makes me want to go analyse the stats again.

I would say "do eeeeet" but you do that way too often anyway.

Makes sense.

Unfortunately, it's not possible anymore.

Aka. "the others".

Basically.

I think "it" should be "him". While he's talking about how they can't trust the information, but it seems to flow better to say that they can't trust Rouga.

Nope. Then Dre would just be repeating the obvious instead of making a case for his point.

I have a feeling it got to the point where "****, how do I argue against that? I don't even understand what that's all about."

Haha, pretty much.

This was just funny XD. "And here's a brochure with everything you need to know about the wonderful holiday fighting the Jager!"

XD Totally NOT what I intended, but still epic win.

****ing win.

Now my second-favorite line of the story.

Mind games, yay.

No.

I'm going to fall right into your trap by saying this but:
The important squad seven members we know are Rouga, Seijuro and Kai. We have to cross out Rouga because of his whole speech of "I'm not a traitor I'm working with you," and with Seijuro being a weird ghost thingy, we have to ignore him too. But at the same time, it can't be Kai, otherwise Rouga would have known instantly.

Knowing me, you'll just be like "oh yeah, I forgot about that, BUT WTF WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?!"
...you know it's true.

Awesome.

Rouga's such a cynic...

"Somebody else" - who he trusts, and who would know Squad Seven. My first thought is ghost!Seijuro.

He's a ****ing ghost. He can't do anything except talk to people.

Hahaha. I like this. A lot.

It's so true though. xD

At first I thought that whistle was sarcastic XDAmara? My "niece" is called Ammaarah XD

Lol. For a minute I thought you meant that it was a perv whistle xD

Even I sighed.

SEE. Rouga being evasive get's REALLY old after a while.

D'aww.

Rouga's a good brother.

Good luck to Senny!

XD

XD that's just funny to me.

Don't see how.

Woah. Gurim Königswald doesn't stand a chance if she does that again.

It's Kida. No one short of Golde, Rouga, Seijuro and Gintakai can even think of fighting her in this story. Well, maybe Senshuken too, but with Kida having both fire and water, he can't really win.

I swear I don't think I can take Kirio seriously.

[B]You're not really supposed to for the most part. He's a clown most of the time, but he has a serious side. It's like he can just flip a switch and change personalities.

Reminds me of Dau.C, almost.

*immediately removes this line and everything to do with it*

"Her smell"? Why does this seem like relationship problems?

This. This right here. This was the reason I said "don't jump to conclusions". This exact scenario. I knew you would do this.

Woah.

This will be explained in greater detail during the sequel. Hopefully.

Woah.

This will be expounded on in the sequel. Count on it.

So confused.
And slightly worried.

This will be given flashback explanations during the sequel. All of your points of confusion. Hopefully.

XD Perhaps a character sheet would be nice?

I'll see what I can do, but don't count on it anytime soon.

Needless to say I'm absolutely loving this.

Knew it.

I would not be surprised if you have already written out the scene where he fully integrates with his wolf.

Already did that. See Rouga getting pissed at Kida last chapter.

I feel like that is important information... Like someone will hack into it or something.

Maybe. Or maybe you're just overthinking it. Like you're known to do.

Love this bit.

Another personal favorite scene.

****ing...

Haha.

Your thoughts exactly xD

Wait, Squad 12 is fighting?

There's really no alternative. You're outnumbered at least 20 to 1. And several of your Captain-class fighters will be busy fighting key elements. The Seireitei needs everybody to dance today.

Also lol'd.

It's true though xD

I like how he actually had an answer to that.

Really, what other explanation could he give? "Whatever can go wrong will." EVERYTHING just went wrong.

Overall, well, just, wow. LOADS happened, but I like how it was chunked up, so it really did not feel so bad. We're getting into the actual fighting now, so the next few chapters will be fighting, but I do not at all doubt that you will give fewer plot twists or exposition.

Less exposition, yes. Fewer plot twists... *laughs* Do you even know me if you're making that assumption?

More information is always good information!

Except where Dauc is involved. Then this IS such a thing as "too much information".

Originally Posted by arceus03

Cookie!

Oh boy. Arc is high now.

Spoiler:- Not really a review but meh:

XD Exactly what I would say
Love the omake btw.

Excellent. Thank you =)

At first I already forgot why he left.

*facefaults*

Then again after reading ILPy's review and Rouga's conversation with Seijuro... I came to the conclusion that he left because he was looking for the Singularity Gate.
Then again, I don't know. XD

*headdesks* Arc... did you read the summary? At all? The one that was twice the length and descriptiveness of all previous summaries?

Sounds pretty much like Ichigo

Rouga is supposed to be a darker foil of Ichigo.

Epic.
I would REALLY love to see this animated.

SO WOULD I. Somebody, learn how to animate this stuff. Then we can make our own anime series and become RICH.

I was surprised ILPy didn't say "Hyperbolic Time Chamber" when he reviewed your fic XD

So was I, tbh.

I love what he said 8D

XD Ikr.

If you're not busy, I'd bug you to make an information sheet instead of the two newcomers' profiles. XD Like... The Jager and the Innen Kreis, and who's in there, and the Fenrir, and who's in there. I got lost with so many names around XD I might try to do it myself if I have time, but currently no

Or I'll list them and ask you about it.

Yeah... I'll get back to you on that. In like, two weeks. When I'm not drowning in work.

Seeing that the enemy number IS OVER 9000!!!1! (it is...) is 95% more than the original estimate, I'd say they'd mobilize every Squad there are to fight. except Squad 4, of course

Squad 4 will also be fighting. Against such overwhelming numbers, every Captain needs to be there. And all medics need to be on the field to treat the wounded so they can keep fighting instead of losing time in transit.

Though something is weird there... How did such a huge number could go unnoticed?

Ahaha. Then again, your review of Cell's also had the technical stuff like punctuation errors, tenses etc. Eon's chapter have no (or almost no, idk) technical error for you to correct, so it would be more based on the plot and other stuff.

This makes me feel so much more awesome than I have any right to.

Bold is beautiful.

"I'm fighting because there's a battle to be fought, Archer. I'm fighting to win. That's all."

"Hm. Alright, Rin. You are indeed my ideal Master. There is no one else I could hope to serve."

*headdesks* Arc... did you read the summary? At all? The one that was twice the length and descriptiveness of all previous summaries?

XD
I did, but...
*reads back*

So just to make it sure I got it right, Rouga gave the.. twins information on Sereitei, and he got information about the Fenrir Ultima. And he left... to where?
Got that right?

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Rouga is supposed to be a darker foil of Ichigo.

Ah.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

SO WOULD I. Somebody, learn how to animate this stuff. Then we can make our own anime series and become RICH.

And get sued for plagiarism, more like. XD Unless we do a joint agreement with Kubo or something.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Yeah... I'll get back to you on that. In like, two weeks. When I'm not drowning in work.

8D

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Squad 4 will also be fighting. Against such overwhelming numbers, every Captain needs to be there. And all medics need to be on the field to treat the wounded so they can keep fighting instead of losing time in transit.

So just to make it sure I got it right, Rouga gave the.. twins information on Sereitei, and he got information about the Fenrir Ultima. And he left... to where?
Got that right?

*eyetwitch* I oughtta smack you... you keep changing what you're trying to ask. First you want to know why he left, then you want to know where. Your critical reading skill are flat-out awful if you can't understand this from THE CURRENT CHAPTER.

Ah.

xD I basically had a whole rant on it after Chapter 7.

And get sued for plagiarism, more like. XD Unless we do a joint agreement with Kubo or something.

Meh, maybe I should've clarified: we need to make our own anime series. With our own ideas.

8D

Smiling is not an appropriate response to someone who is drowning.

Ahaha, okay. Looking forward to that

As you should be.

Just strengthens my theory of Kubo = you

If I were Kubo, the FKT Arc would not have sucked as badly as it did. Or sucked at all, for that matter.

Though... Fifty thousand just doesn't make sense, somehow. Probably 95% of them are foot soldiers that can be killed with a single hit.

You're more or less right. Let's just say that they're... 'mass-produced'.

Dude, you're an English major. XD If you ever have problem with those stuff...

Education, actually, with a double-minor in English and History. And English isn't all grammar and punctuation. I'm more of a content writer than a technical writer anyway.

Originally Posted by I like Pokemon (...)

Spoiler:- Review reply replu:

>.>

=P

Eh, it doesn't seem like it caused THAT much grief.

Mehh, still. You should know by now that when I give you a warning, it's for a half-decent reason.

I know, but I can just bug you to include it in your summary or something.

This is going to become an in-joke or something, isn't it?

That confused me XD

Excellent.

Mhm.

No. My verbal tick. MC has his "...", Sasuke has "hn", Naruto has freaking "dattebayo", and I have "Mhm". Go find your own.

Yeah. I'm sure when he has his min fight and dies we'll see him proper serious and everything.

If he died, my irl brother would get all pissed, so no.

It was more of a joke...

...and your point? You still went there.

Roughly how many more chapters is this half of the story?

Hmm... not sure yet. I don't have a fixed number of chapters, I just have planned out what I want to do, and I stop when I get to a good stopping point for both the plot and the quality of writing.

Ah, I thought he was "on the verge" of full integration. I guess I couldn't differentiate between the two *shot*

Well... it's sort of different when Rouga does it. His wolf forced the integration to hold him back, so you're kind of right in that the two halves weren't united.

Right, just making sure.

Good policy.

It's more the fact that he actually answered it, while most people probably would have left it as a rhetorical comment.

...that would've been a terrible way to end the chapter.

For some reason I wrote "I expect fewer plot twists" when I meant that you wouldn't stop with them. I reviewed some 10 other fanfics before this so I blame that <.<

Wow. You review a lot.

Bold again.

"I'm fighting because there's a battle to be fought, Archer. I'm fighting to win. That's all."

"Hm. Alright, Rin. You are indeed my ideal Master. There is no one else I could hope to serve."

surprise!
... Okay, maybe except when I'm playing around with a dissection board.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

*eyetwitch* I oughtta smack you... you keep changing what you're trying to ask. First you want to know why he left, then you want to know where. Your critical reading skill are flat-out awful if you can't understand this from THE CURRENT CHAPTER.

*smacked* ouch
XD *fails at life*
So answer both then. Why did he left, and where to?
And yeah. My critical reading skills basically only awakened when I'm doing SAT. And that's been past for 2 years now. So. Yeah. which explains why I suck in my History class

Originally Posted by Eon Master

xD I basically had a whole rant on it after Chapter 7.

You did?

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Meh, maybe I should've clarified: we need to make our own anime series. With our own ideas.

Could work, but it means a whole lot of work... I mean, where do I stick Tsukibana then? XD

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Smiling is not an appropriate response to someone who is drowning.

The 8D was meant to be the response for "I'll get back to you on that", not the drowning part.Though, you know, that's what I normally do when I drown enemies with Tsukibana...

Originally Posted by Eon Master

As you should be.

8D

Originally Posted by Eon Master

You're more or less right. Let's just say that they're... 'mass-produced'.

*expects to see a whole lot being frozen or drowned or distorted out of existence or stabbed by millions of blades coming out of thin are or other ways*

Originally Posted by Eon Master

And English isn't all grammar and punctuation.

Education is. XD

Originally Posted by Eon Master

No. My verbal tick. MC has his "...", Sasuke has "hn", Naruto has freaking "dattebayo", and I have "Mhm". Go find your own.

Heyyyyy. Mhm is universal. I've been using that a lot, too. Go find something more unusual

Mehh, still. You should know by now that when I give you a warning, it's for a half-decent reason.

It's not that I purposely disregarded it. I just forgot.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

This is going to become an in-joke or something, isn't it?

Depends on how much longer we refer to it. I figure it'll die out for now until the next chapter.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

No. My verbal tick. MC has his "...", Sasuke has "hn", Naruto has freaking "dattebayo", and I have "Mhm". Go find your own.

I've been doing "mhm" for AGES. And as Arc said, "mhm" is very universal.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

If he died, my irl brother would get all pissed, so no.

I see.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Well... it's sort of different when Rouga does it. His wolf forced the integration to hold him back, so you're kind of right in that the two halves weren't united.

I really just wanted to make a maths joke there.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Wow. You review a lot.

That day was possibly one of the most that I've ever reviewed in a day. That's what happens when you find one piece of work and like it enough to check their other stuff (as well as other people posting stories/chapters). My experience is more over time than anything.
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Originally Posted by Eon Master

Meh, maybe I should've clarified: we need to make our own anime series. With our own ideas.

I am SO for this.

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Bold again.

Evil.

Originally Posted by PKMN Trainer Rex

Oh yay spring break. Now I'm going to go stir crazy.

I'm MASSIVELY looking forward to the Easter Break next week (and the week after). Then it's just a month until exams, and then about 6 weeks OF exams, then holidays.

YOU JUST LOST THE GAME!
Click HERE to be rickrolled... c'mon, you know you want to. Spoiler:- I HAVE DEFIED ALL MATHS AND LOGIC!:

Not much to say here. Mostly just going to post part of my review for Eon's most recent chapter. The damn thing is taking me a while to do (long chapter is looooooooonnnnnnng). This is my reviewing of the first part.

[QUOTE=kusari]

Originally Posted by Eon Master

Fifteen pages, by the way. A new single-chapter record, for any of my Fanfics. Even my longest Pokemon one only made it to thirteen and a quarter.I thought ILPy was the machine. Seems as if you may actually be the robot here.

Oh, and I did an omake at the beginning. It's making fun of me making fun of Ant making fun of my summaries.I lol'd. More in depth comments in the actual review-a-majig.

...did that last sentence confuse you? If so, good. If not, have a cookie.Awesome. I get a cookie.

...no, my cookies are not laced with hallucinogens meant to confuse you. How could you ever suggest such a thing? Didn't I just tell you not to jump to conclusions?!I.... would be okay with this.

Spoiler:- Chapter 8: Countdown to Abolition:

'Narrator': Last time- Rouga beat the living hell out of Kai. The gruesome twosome and Rouga met and bargined. Kida and Rouga argued, Rouga got pissed and knocked out her and Kai. Seijuro's not dead, and Rouga talked with him. Then he left the Seireitei. The end.I am disappoint.

Hayashi: *lying on the floor under the window* *raises hand lazily* I got a mention as comic relief, shouldn't you at least make a note of that?You write me so well.

Rouga: *raincloud forms over head* Are my summaries really that bad?

Previously on Hunting Death Itself...Rouga trained Kai in the use of his Bankai, giving him a thorough beating in the process. Afterwards, the pair retired to the Squad 6 Barracks and had a disucssion with Squad 6 Captain Senshuken. After a rather amusing reference to Hayashi, Rouga sensed an flare of Fenrir dominance power from a pair of Gintakai's wolves, the twins Yazuu and Rozuu, and discreetly left the company of his fellow officers in order to meet with them. In an exchange of offers, Rouga garnered reinforcements for the Seireitei in their upcoming war in exchange for information on the legendary Fenrir Ultima. After Rouga intimidated the pair and drove them off, Kida showed herself, demanding answers from Rouga. This quickly devolved into an venomous argument, which culminated in Rouga's wolf forcing an integration to forcefully hold him back from killing Kida. In the end, Rouga declared that he would leave the Seireitei, and knocked Kida out with a sucker punch. When Kai came to investigate, Rouga handed off his Captain's cloak, telling Kai that he would be Captain now before knocking him unconcious as well. Later, Rouga put on his old Fenrir battle armor and made preparations to leave. In a surprising twist, former Squad 7 Captain Seijuro Arashi was revealed to have survived his spirit body's destruction through unknown means, though he was now little more than an incorporeal shade of his former self. He and Rouga spoke over the legend of the Fenrir Ultima's return, revealing that many of their allies currently played a central role in the myth. Rouga's doubt was overcome with Seijuro's guidance, and the two parted ways. Now, the clock is winding down to the war with the Jäger, as only thirty-six hours remain for the Shinigami and Fenrir who chose to defend the Seireitei...Much better. Now I know what's going on.
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“Alright, I’ll keep this short, seeing as we’ve got a lot less time than originally planned. I’m sure everyone knows by now of Rouga’s betrayal last night,” Golde stated at the front of the Captain’s Meeting Room, his voice and eyes harder than steel. “He was conspiring with agents of someone he confirmed to be an enemy of the Seireitei, assaulted a fellow Captain and his own Lieutenant, and abandoned us with the kickoff for war less than 36 hours away. He is… our enemy.”

Not one single Captain dared to contradict him, not that many would. Most even agreed with him.

“Unfortunately for us, his actions have left us in a very precarious position,” he continued, pinning each person in the room with his gaze. “We have been forced to change our plans. They center around five matchups; our five most suitable Captains versus the Innen Kreis. We have determined the following matchups, and Aielpy will be handing out their information after the meeting.”

“Kida,” he stated, causing the blonde Captain to perk up from her unusually subdued musings. “You will face Gurim Königswald. He is a master Kidou breaker and a powerful shot with the bow. You are our most experienced Captain, and this gives you a better chance at outmaneuvering him than anyone else.” Kida simply nodded, then resumed staring at the floor.I see this being a damn good fight. With the raw scariness that Rage!Kida has, I can see her getting really pissed off and getting into a pure brawl with Gurim. Though I was sort of expecting Niche to be fighting Gurim. Considering he delivered the big "I'LL KILL YOU" line in Chapter Two.

“Senshuken, you will face Noctal Himmeler. You’ve faced him before, so you have a reasonable idea of what to expect.” Senshuken nodded, no hesitation whatsoever in the movement.This'll be another damn good fight. Senshuken has a terribly frightening amount of fire power and Noctal is a monster of a combatant (judging from the little we've seen and the spoilers of his powers) that'll turn the fight into a clash of titans. Probably the one I'm looking forward to the most (and no, it's not just because I think Noctal's powers sound fucking awesome).

“Kai, you will face Randulf von Heidelberg. He controls and creates beings of shadow. Since you have the most experience in facing his monsters, you’re the best suited to take him on.” Kai’s face remained stoic, but his posture revealed uncertainty as he inclined his head in agreement.Going to go out on a limb and say that the 'beings of shadow' referred to here are the rune covered, black things that heralded Zeruda's coming in the first chapter (correct me if I'm wrong). As for the fight itself, should be interesting. Kai definitely has the power to break shit and it'll be fun to see how the bit of training Rouga gave him pays off. Though, I'm interested to see how Randulf will battle. We've only seen the shadow creatures on their own but never with their controller. Needless to say, it has peaked my interest.

“Hayashi, wake up.”

“I’m awake, Golde. You know I can’t sleep standing up.”Remember how I said you know how to write for me, this is another great example. A+

“First time for everything.”

Hayashi scowled, his black bangs falling over his eyes. Golde simply ignored his expression and continued. “Your opponent will be Marianne Lindstrom. Her Vereinigung creates a gauntlet that she can summon powerful javelin-type weapons from. We determined that your speed and stamina would be instrumental in such combat, and your wind abilities allow you to deflect her attacks should she attempt to throw them.” First off: totally called it. The moment you said I'd have a challenge in the war I knew I'd be fighting an Innen Kreis. Second: Fighting a woman, eh? Sounds good to me. Hope she's hot. Anyhow, her abilities seem interesting. Should be a damn good fight 'specially since I'm involved.

Hayashi shrugged, then stifled a yawn. “Fine with me.”

“And then you’ll fight Zeruda, Head Captain?” Senny asked.

Golde grimaced. “Unfortunately. Her Vereinigung is no problem for me, but her final form, Endgültige Vereinigung, is going to be an issue. Rouga didn’t know much about its abilities aside from how powerful and fast it makes her; she’ll be roughly on par with me and that doesn’t account for anything other than the power boost.” So, this means that, up to a point, Golde could fight her with little issue but once that point is passed, no one is sure what could happen? Should be a good fight for the time it will last (as I have an inkling that Rouga will come along and steal the stage from Golde at some point).

“You’re the heavy artillery,” Ant replied. “You, Zam, Senny, Dre, Niche, and Aozora will be causing as much damage as possible to the Jäger’s lines.” I see Zam and Aozora causing the most damage here. With the haxy way his shikai can be used, Zam can destroy **** and with all the people there'll sure as hell be a lot of shadows for Aozora to manipulate.

PRETEND THERE IS A SIGNATURE HERE FULL OF WITTY JOKES AND CLAIMS TO FAME AND UNDESERVED BRAVADO AND SELF PROMOTION

I absolutely LOVED Byakuya's speech. It definitely gave me a lot more respect for a quiet character like Sasakibe - especially since he learnt Bankai before Kyouraku and Ukitake but wanted to stay Yamamoto's Lieutenant. If he used bankai in his last fight, it's possible that we might see it in a flashback. Though a part of me thinks that it would have been really nice to see him fight and die like this. If this gets animated, then I think that they should add it in, as well as his cremation - a very Sasakibe-central episode would be nice.

So Dondochakka is also captured? I wonder where he is... All I know is that it'll be a funny reunion when he sees them again.

Haha, Ishida and Ichigo always have funny encounters. Woo, Urahara!

It might just be the scans that I'm reading, but one of the scanlators put "White haired guy:" in the speech bubble. Looks like he misread the script.

I wonder how they're going to steal Ichigo's bankai... I hope they succeed 8D

Overall, not a bad chapter. The pacing is speeding up slightly, with Nel having just entered, and Urahara coming to take them away now.

Originally Posted by kusari

I thought ILPy was the machine. Seems as if you may actually be the robot here.

I made that joke in English too. We were debating on whether Britain is as ethnically diverse as people think it is. So I suggested "Is Britain integrated, or can we differentiate the cultures?" Everyone in the class wanted a "mathsdebate"

Originally Posted by arceus03

6 weeks of exam... Reminds me of why I hate my final exam in high school again. >.>

I have about 13 exams. I'm predicting 10 exams in the first week, and 3 in the last.

Yeah.. It's been awhile. My phone was stolen, which means zero access to internet. I'm too lazy to get a replacement.
Other than that, I've been super-busy studying for the mock exams. 2 weeks of utter pain. I. Hate. My. Life.
But I'm done studying for them, and hopefully will get a phone by the end of this week.

I'm reading the last 2 chapters, and watching episodes of the anime from the last 6 weeks.
I'll be reading all the fan-fics, in 5 hours.

Happy Birthday ILPyy!I'll cook something really good and send it by Friday.

Uggh, Further Maths mock in an hour. Very, very scared.
Time to drop dead.

Apart from the learning the fact that Sasakibe had bankai before Kyouraku and Ukitake actually did, nothing else was of much interest to me.
I mean, it does set the frame nicely. At least now we know how he knew of the Quincys'/whatever race's ability to steal bankai; he was the victim. And it actually worked; it only didn't work on Ichigo, I'm guessing because of the somewhat same reasons why Kageroza wasn't able to copy him, for anyone who watched the filler.

But one thing that bothered me was... If he is indeed an experienced Vice Captain, why the heck was he sent to patrol the barriers from outside during the FKT arc? Sure, he didn't become a Captain because he was loyal to Yamamoto, but that still doesn't prevent him from joining the fight inside. We could've then seen some of his powers.

Either there's a specific reason to that, or Kubo forgets, or he just pulled "Choujiro already had a bankai looooooooooooooooong time ago" out of his random a**. As per usual

I mean, sheesh. It makes sense, of course, that he's at least very powerful, since he's the longest Lieutenant to have ever served, but still.. The only time he was seen in the FKT arc was when Shinji & co. appeared. >.>

Anyway like ILPy said, I'm expecting a flashback of his fight. Ah well. Or maybe if his bankai was stolen, it would be... used by the Quincys. Vereinigung

Originally Posted by PKMN Trainer Rex

That's because I am a lazy bastard.

Its the "I see what you did there.." slowpoke.

I mean your spring break is late. XD

Ah.

Yes, it is. 8D

Originally Posted by rotrum

God, I feel like it's been millenia since I last posted here. I'm so old and Senile. I'll blame ILP and his time altering power. Making me wheeze and cough and hurt my back and I'm only 15.

And I really should write more. *sigh*

What ILPy said

You should. I enjoyed your Ring of Fire oneshot. XP

Originally Posted by I like Pokemon (...)

Spoiler:- Manga:

If he used bankai in his last fight, it's possible that we might see it in a flashback. Though a part of me thinks that it would have been really nice to see him fight and die like this.

I made that joke in English too. We were debating on whether Britain is as ethnically diverse as people think it is. So I suggested "Is Britain integrated, or can we differentiate the cultures?" Everyone in the class wanted a "mathsdebate"

I have about 13 exams. I'm predicting 10 exams in the first week, and 3 in the last.

Hopefully, cause that's the only reason why Kubo even mentioned it in the first place, imo.

lol. Did your classmates catch it?

I know how that feels. I took 13 subjects as well
I thought you said you're having 6 weeks of exam?

Originally Posted by CyberBlaziken

Uggh, Further Maths mock in an hour. Very, very scared.
Time to drop dead.

I absolutely LOVED Byakuya's speech. It definitely gave me a lot more respect for a quiet character like Sasakibe - especially since he learnt Bankai before Kyouraku and Ukitake but wanted to stay Yamamoto's Lieutenant. If he used bankai in his last fight, it's possible that we might see it in a flashback. Though a part of me thinks that it would have been really nice to see him fight and die like this. If this gets animated, then I think that they should add it in, as well as his cremation - a very Sasakibe-central episode would be nice.

Spoiler:

I liked the background story too, but I'm hating Kubo for not ever using, and then killing off such a potentially great character! D:<

Originally Posted by arceus03

So, manga.

Spoiler:

Apart from the learning the fact that Sasakibe had bankai before Kyouraku and Ukitake actually did, nothing else was of much interest to me.
I mean, it does set the frame nicely. At least now we know how he knew of the Quincys'/whatever race's ability to steal bankai; he was the victim. And it actually worked; it only didn't work on Ichigo, I'm guessing because of the somewhat same reasons why Kageroza wasn't able to copy him, for anyone who watched the filler.

But one thing that bothered me was... If he is indeed an experienced Vice Captain, why the heck was he sent to patrol the barriers from outside during the FKT arc? Sure, he didn't become a Captain because he was loyal to Yamamoto, but that still doesn't prevent him from joining the fight inside. We could've then seen some of his powers.

Either there's a specific reason to that, or Kubo forgets, or he just pulled "Choujiro already had a bankai looooooooooooooooong time ago" out of his random a**. As per usual

Spoiler:

Oh hell, I didn't think of that...
If they stole Sasakibe's bankai, I'm going to be even more pissed off at Kubo. -_-

Umm wow leave it to Kubo to make a character 1000x more interesting AFTER he kills him off. =/ dafuq Kubo.

...I have a question. WHY THE HELL WOULD ANYONE ACTUALLY WANT TO KIDNAP DONDOCHAKKA. WTF IT MAKES NO SENSE!!! KUBO YOU TROLL.

...Is Urahara a stalker? Um he popped out of nowhere, right? XD

Ehh okay honestly I can't say more because I suck at this stuff. orz Well anyway the chapters ARE moving faster now - there's like 5 scenes per chapter as opposed to the half-scene in the fullbringers arc. XD YAY.

...I still wanna know more about the specifics of the hueco mundo situation though. Like, the one who took over leadership of the place got kidnapped along with other arrancars, okay, but how, why, and by who. ANSWERS!!! I NEED ANSWERS!!! DAMN IT KUBO YOU TROLL. T∆T

Yeah I think I'm just gonna end up spouting nonsense about Troll-Kubo now, sorry. >.<

And sorry for not really coming by much, school is REALLY crazy-intense these days and I'm barely scraping by as-is. Literally on the verge of flunking out. x.x

I liked the background story too, but I'm hating Kubo for not ever using, and then killing off such a potentially great character! D:<

Oh hell, I didn't think of that...
If they stole Sasakibe's bankai, I'm going to be even more pissed off at Kubo. -_-

XD

Hmm. We seem to have forgotten that Kubo is a great troll. Kudos to min for reminding me that again XD

Spoiler:

They probably did steal his bankai, what with that Sasakibe's death scene of "They can... bankai" phrase. I assume that's one of the possible way of Kubo showing Sasakibe's bankai's abilities (the other one being a flashback). IF he has no intention of showing its powers whatsoever, then he wouldn't have mentioned about it in the first place at all.

Of course, this above is based off the assumption that Kubo doesn't troll us again in the future. We'll see, we'll see.

Which kind of raises a new question. If they can steal bankai, and if the SS now knows about it, it probably means the Captains won't easily be shouting bankai this arc... Unless Mayuri or Urahara finds a way to counter that.

Originally Posted by minchan

MANGA Spoiler:

...I have a question. WHY THE HELL WOULD ANYONE ACTUALLY WANT TO KIDNAP DONDOCHAKKA. WTF IT MAKES NO SENSE!!! KUBO YOU TROLL.

...Is Urahara a stalker? Um he popped out of nowhere, right? XD

And sorry for not really coming by much, school is REALLY crazy-intense these days and I'm barely scraping by as-is. Literally on the verge of flunking out. x.x

Spoiler:

There must be SOME weird reason Dondochakka was kidnapped. Who knows, someday it's revealed he's actually of VL class or something like that.

Though, the more likely reason would be to act as a foot soldier, or an experimental specimen like Ivan.

Urahara does that every time. Where do you think ILPy got his stalker attitudes from? XD

Why is Sasakibe sooo damn cool now?!? His loyalty to Yamamoto and his resolve not to show/use his bankai just sounds so badass. And Byakyuya's explanation adds to it.

Awww, that's so nice of Ichigo. He knows Uryuu would feel sad if he wasn't called.

Originally Posted by CyberBlaziken

Yeah.. It's been awhile. My phone was stolen, which means zero access to internet. I'm too lazy to get a replacement.
Other than that, I've been super-busy studying for the mock exams. 2 weeks of utter pain. I. Hate. My. Life.
But I'm done studying for them, and hopefully will get a phone by the end of this week.

I'm reading the last 2 chapters, and watching episodes of the anime from the last 6 weeks.
I'll be reading all the fan-fics, in 5 hours.

Happy Birthday ILPyy!I'll cook something really good and send it by Friday.

Uggh, Further Maths mock in an hour. Very, very scared.
Time to drop dead.

Ayyyyye, hi! Uh....bye.

Originally Posted by arceus03

So, manga.

Spoiler:

But one thing that bothered me was... If he is indeed an experienced Vice Captain, why the heck was he sent to patrol the barriers from outside during the FKT arc? Sure, he didn't become a Captain because he was loyal to Yamamoto, but that still doesn't prevent him from joining the fight inside. We could've then seen some of his powers.

Spoiler:

Maybe he was that strong. If he was supposedly that he could of stopped any potential enemy on the outside. Or Kubo is just a troll, which is more likely.

Originally Posted by arceus03

I mean your spring break is late. XD

That's how we roll in Hawaii. Doing things later than anyone else.

Originally Posted by minchan

MANGA Spoiler:

...I have a question. WHY THE HELL WOULD ANYONE ACTUALLY WANT TO KIDNAP DONDOCHAKKA. WTF IT MAKES NO SENSE!!! KUBO YOU TROLL.

Maybe he was that strong. If he was supposedly that he could of stopped any potential enemy on the outside. Or Kubo is just a troll, which is more likely.

That's how we roll in Hawaii. Doing things later than anyone else.

Urahara knows all.

Spoiler:

I'm going with the latter, or simply he just pulled that "Sasakibe has a bankai TROLOLOLOL" randomly just to fit with the current arc. More like, he wants to kill a character (because we've been complaining far too much). But he has to kill someone with a bankai so he could make the final comment "They can... bankai". And so far all the characters who have shown their bankai are popular (Renji, Ikkaku) or else Captains. So Sasakibe becomes the scapegoat. XD

Probably too much extrapolation there, but ah well. I mean, if it was so that he supposedly can stop any potential enemy on the outside... Aizen & co. came from the inside, and Shinji himself said that the barrier was so strong they couldn't sneak in by themselves, so they had to ask Sasakibe to open it. So... yeah, it sort of doesn't fit with the last arcs. And what Jin said as well.

As, I see. XD

Hehe, who knows? For all we know, he could be the mastermind behind this whole event. I'm sure ILPy would love that. PLOT TWIST